UPDATE: Olympics Probably Won’t Revive China’s Swooning Stock Markets (Nasdaq)
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) — China’s already battered stock markets could tumble further against a darkening economic backdrop ahead of August’s Olympics Games, as the U.S. recession begins to take its toll and China further tightens its monetary policies to combat runaway inflation.
Former Admiral P.Kikareas of the Hellenic Navy, The Architect of the Global Security at the Olympic Games in Athens … (PRWeb)
Admiral P.Kikareas appeals to all governments, peace organizations, the United Nations, and every group of diverse beliefs and interests to unite in creating a peaceful venue at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. (PRWeb Mar 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb810414.htm
Protests rightly focus on the Olympic Games (The Prague Post)
This summer s Olympic Games are supposed to be China s coming-out party, with elaborate plans in place to show off the country s growing economic and political strength.
Olympic boycott could squander political opportunities (Colorado State Collegian)
Although the Olympics are about the athletes and the spirit of competition, it will be hard to ignore the politics during the upcoming summer games. Politics have, fortunately, taken center stage as the initial phases of the games have begun.
Should Toronto have been awarded the 2008 Olympics? (Slam! Sports)
By all rights, most of them human, this should have been the summer of Toronto’s Olympic Games.
Local professor helps Olympic athletes (KOTA Rapid City)
Dr. James Hesson’s been to the Olympic Training Center 11 times, in 15 years. Much of his work this year was to prepare athletes for this year’s summer Olympics in Beijing.
Leaders will not attend Beijing Olympics, yet are careful not to be part of boycott (Baltic Times)
Tallinn - President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip have announced they will not attend this summer s Beijing Olympics, although both Estonian leaders warned that their actions should not be interpreted as being part of a possible international boycott.
Baby Learns Chinese: Create Your Own Junior Achievement Olympian This Summer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES—-This summer the world’s attention will be focused on China, the home of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The focus on China will extend beyond sports to China’s culture and its complex language.
Delightful dilemma: MLK band has to pick between playing at Olympics or fest in China (Detroit News)
DETROIT — As if on cue to boost the city’s spirits, Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School’s symphonic and marching band has earned an invitation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in China — but they’ll have to choose between that and a trip to Beijing already planned for July.